VDB-74939 · CVE-2015-2578 · BID 74143

Oracle Solaris 11.2 Kernel IDMap denial of service

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A vulnerability was found in Oracle Solaris 11.2 (Operating System) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown code of the component Kernel IDMap. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Sun Solaris 11.2 allows remote attackers to affect availability via vectors related to Kernel IDMap.

The weakness was shared 04/14/2015 with Oracle as Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2015 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at oracle.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2015-2578 since 03/20/2015. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 82817 (Oracle Solaris Critical Patch Update : apr2015_SRU11_2_8_5_0), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Solaris Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 123507 (Solaris 11.2 Support Repository Update (SRU) 8.4.0 Missing).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (82817). krebsonsecurity.com is providing further details. The entries 68626, 74910, 74899 and 74900 are related to this item.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
ATT&CK: T1499

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Nessus ID: 82817
Nessus Name: Oracle Solaris Critical Patch Update : apr2015_SRU11_2_8_5_0
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Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2015
Organization: Oracle
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-2578 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1032132
Vulnerability Center: 49649 - [cpuapr2015-2365600] Oracle Solaris 11.2 Remote DoS Vulnerability in Kernel IDMap, High
SecurityFocus: 74143 - Oracle Solaris CVE-2015-2578 Remote Security Vulnerability

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Created: 04/15/2015 14:26
Updated: 05/06/2022 21:56
Changes: 04/15/2015 14:26 (69), 06/26/2017 10:30 (4), 05/06/2022 21:47 (3), 05/06/2022 21:56 (1)
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